Media Advisories

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will testify Wednesday in Washington, D.C., before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies on the Administration’s
proposed fiscal year 2016 budget for education.

The U.S. Department of Education’s Student Art Exhibit Program will host the opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday morning for the D.C. Public Schools’ (DCPS) student art exhibit Intersections Art Show. The exhibit showcases visual and performing arts, including music, dance, and a film...

The White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics (Initiative) Executive Director Alejandra Ceja will participate in Televisa Foundation’s “STEM and Latinas Coding Jam Series” on Tuesday, March 3, in Queens, New York.

In commemoration of Black History Month, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, joined by U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx, will participate in a "fireside chat" on Friday, Feb. 27, at the U.S. Department of Education's Lyndon Baines Johnson building in Washington, D.C. They will...

Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Catherine E. Lhamon and David Johns, executive director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans (WHIEEAA), will give keynote remarks and participate in a panel discussion on Wednesday, Feb.

James Minor, deputy assistant secretary for higher education programs at the U.S. Education Department’s Office of Postsecondary Education, will participate in a town hall meeting examining higher education opportunities Wednesday at the St. Louis Community College Forest Park Campus in St....

The U.S. Department of Education has developed a new, online data tool that will provide educators and stakeholders with a wealth of information specific to English learner (EL) students and their academic needs. The data was compiled from and can be found in the Department's Civil Rights Data...

Deborah S. Delisle, assistant secretary for elementary and secondary education, will discuss reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)also known as No Child Left Behindat the National Association of Secondary School Principals' "Ignite 15" annual conference in San...

U.S. Secretary of Education will visit Delaware tomorrow to highlight the progress that the state’s schools and students have made through the hard work and leadership of parents, teachers, principals, and district and state leaders. His day will culminate in a speech about the importance...